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India's water crises demand more than grand projects
2016-06-07 08:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys.Org: India is facing one of its most serious droughts in recent memory - official estimates suggest that at least 330m people are likely to be affected by acute shortages of water. As the subcontinent awaits the imminent arrival of the monsoon rains, bringing relief to those who have suffered the long, dry and exceptionally warm summer, the crisis affecting India's water resources is high on the public agenda. Unprecedented drought demands...
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'Flint is the tip of the iceberg': Other Michigan cities may be facing potential lead crises
2016-01-29 07:38:20| Waste Management - Topix.net
WTF? A group of armed right-wing extremists occupy a federal building-and they don't even get charged with trespass? As state and local officials in Michigan struggle to address the lead contamination in Flint, new data show that other municipalities and private water systems in Michigan may be headed down the same path. MLive reports : Michigan Department of Environmental Quality records show that six private water supplies in Michigan and two municipalities - not including Flint - meet or exceed the federal limit on lead and copper in water tested at the customer tap.
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UN Fighting Losing Battle Global Humanitarian Crises
2016-01-27 16:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: As the global refugee crises continues to worsen by the hour, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is quick to point out that when he took office in January 2007, the international appeal for funds for humanitarian emergencies was only about 4.0 billion dollars annually. "Now, we need more than 20 billion dollars," he said last week, underlining the tragic turn of events worldwide: over 60 million people either displaced internally or who have fled their home countries becoming refugees virtually...
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With eye on housing, homelessness crises, Charlie Hales asks bureaus to prepare 5 percent cuts
2015-11-20 17:22:42| PortlandOnline
Andrew Theen in The Oregonian, November 20, 2015
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Hillary Clinton: Climate change has contributed to refugee crises, including Syria
2015-11-04 18:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Hillary Clinton said climate change is a contributing factor to refugee crises Civil war in Syria and the rise of ISIS have led to a mass exodus from the Arab nation Climate change is a contributing factor in the world's most dire refugee crises, including the one in Syria, Hillary Clinton said in Iowa Tuesday. Clinton was asked at a town hall in Coralville about what the United States can do about refugee crises in Syria and Africa. After a long answer on Syria, including calling for a international...
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